717 CDUS44 KLIX 180801 CLINEW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS 201 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ................................... ...THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 68 418 PM 80 2000 66 2 47 MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 28 1996 48 2 34 1980 AVERAGE 59 57 2 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.67 1992 0.19 -0.19 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 1.67 3.36 -1.69 1.44 SINCE DEC 1 12.54 13.75 -1.21 11.07 SINCE JAN 1 6.08 8.51 -2.43 7.11 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 9 -3 24 MONTH TO DATE 141 171 -30 192 SINCE DEC 1 597 863 -266 808 SINCE JUL 1 655 1027 -372 1038 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 17 2 3 SINCE DEC 1 134 60 74 42 SINCE JAN 1 23 33 -10 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 200 AM LOWEST 30 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE NEW ORLEANS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 81 2000 1975 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 29 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2016......SUNRISE 638 AM CST SUNSET 552 PM CST FEBRUARY 19 2016......SUNRISE 638 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$